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The Old Vicarage 72 High Street Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LD

26/01012/TREApproved

Approved on 22 October 2026

Council decision: Allow (TREE)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Ash - Reduce height by 7 -8m down to live growth at the centre of the crown, reduce the spread on the southwest side by 6 -7m to reduce risk of failures and to shape round, remove remaining deadwood throughout the crown

Received
21 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 29 October 2026
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 31 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Old Vicarage 72 High Street Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LD. East Cambridgeshire has handled 4,241 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 11 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Swaffham Prior conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the CB25 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CB25 0LD

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2026
Target decision date
2 November 2026

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Swaffham Prior
  • Listed building: Grade II: West ViewOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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